diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index feccb6382c..f46f5f3a1b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ func (k *kataAgent) replaceOCIMountsForStorages(spec *specs.Spec, volumeStorages
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k *kataAgent) constraintGRPCSpec(grpcSpec *grpc.Spec, passSeccomp bool) {
+func (k *kataAgent) constrainGRPCSpec(grpcSpec *grpc.Spec, passSeccomp bool) {
 	// Disable Hooks since they have been handled on the host and there is
 	// no reason to send them to the agent. It would make no sense to try
 	// to apply them on the guest.
@@ -1411,9 +1411,9 @@ func (k *kataAgent) createContainer(ctx context.Context, sandbox *Sandbox, c *Co
 
 	passSeccomp := !sandbox.config.DisableGuestSeccomp && sandbox.seccompSupported
 
-	// We need to constraint the spec to make sure we're not passing
-	// irrelevant information to the agent.
-	k.constraintGRPCSpec(grpcSpec, passSeccomp)
+	// We need to constrain the spec to make sure we're not
+	// passing irrelevant information to the agent.
+	k.constrainGRPCSpec(grpcSpec, passSeccomp)
 
 	req := &grpc.CreateContainerRequest{
 		ContainerId:  c.id,
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index ce4515e2ee..fa50569cea 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ func TestAppendVhostUserBlkDevices(t *testing.T) {
 		updatedDevList, expected)
 }
 
-func TestConstraintGRPCSpec(t *testing.T) {
+func TestConstrainGRPCSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 	expectedCgroupPath := "/foo/bar"
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func TestConstraintGRPCSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	k := kataAgent{}
-	k.constraintGRPCSpec(g, true)
+	k.constrainGRPCSpec(g, true)
 
 	// check nil fields
 	assert.Nil(g.Hooks)